Summary: Wendell and Floyd are often late to school, and make outrageous excuses for why. Finally, their teacher has enough and gives them an ultimatum. Desperate to be on time, they decide to take a shortcut over a fence that they feel will help them make it to school on time. Instead, they end up fighting their way through a jungle infested with crocodiles, danger, and adventure.

An excellent book to help children develop narrative skills. The pictures and sequence of events as Floyd and Wendell go through their secret shortcut through the forest, jungle, gorge, muddy swamp and the woods. Also an excellent vocabulary builder. ( )

Wikipedia in English

Wendell and Floyd become convinced that the shortcut over the fence will get them to school on time, but instead they begin a wild race through the jungle, trying to elude the crocodiles and avoid the quicksand.